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“Hull have just lost one of their best players in Abel Hernandez. Hopefully it’s not too serious for him because he is a very good player.

“But it’s all about us. Can we keep building our own style? It was evident again at Norwich. We dominated for spells in the game, particularly in the first half, and that’s what we want our identity to be.

“But that’s twice now where we have let a goal in right after the restart and we need to look at why that’s happening. We’ve got to make sure we are at it again, straight away.”

The R’s will be without Joel Lynch this weekend while Pawel Wszolek, Idrissa Sylla and Yeni Ngbakoto are all facing late fitness tests before the game.

Despite the injuries Holloway will of course be looking to build up some sort of early season form in order to launch a promotion push, he may have to do so

Nevertheless he admits that the quality in the Championship this season makes it very unpredictable

“It’s impossible to say who the favourites are for promotion in this division,” he added. “Look at how Cardiff, Wolves and Ipswich have started – would many people have had them as favourites? Probably not.

“Look at the quality that’s come down, and the quality that has come up as well – it makes for a very tough Championship.”